Dean Kester has been involved in
the struggle for social justice for
the last three decades. He began
work in this field in 1923 when he
helped start the first interracial
group in the South at Lyncnnurg
College.4.n Virginia. He continued
his work in this field at Vanderbilt
College, Nashville, Tennessee.
In 1932, he and his wife took a
trip to Europe where they witnessed
Hitler’s rise. Upon his return,
he was determined to help the
working people. His first big job
in this area was in Walland,
Tennessee. This mining town of 500
families experienced a strike and
lockout, a crisis which was
compounded by the murder of Barney
Graham, President of the local
union.
The summer of 1934, Mr. Kester
helped with the organization of the
Southern Tenant Farmers’ Union. He
worked for five years with the poor
Negro and Whilfe tenant farmers. He
considers them ’’some of the best
people I ever knew."
Then, he did a thoroughtstudy of
the lynchings which were prevalent
during this period. Most lynching
victims were accused of sex offenses.
He is credited by Walter White of
the NAACP with tracing the cause
of lynching to its true origin
(ie. economic and social motivations).
Organization of the Auto industry
was then reaching a climax. Dean
Kester helped ease the tension
between the Southern workers who
migrated north and the big city
worker. Consequently he met
Walter and Victor Reuther and became
a close friend of theirs. The
Unions finally reached their goal
and things cooled down.
The Federal Council of Churches,
a precusor of the National Council
of Churches, held a dinner in
Washington to which important
senators and congressmen were
invited. Howard Kester spoke at
this dinner. It was here that Senator
Robert La Follette agreed to organize
the La Follette Civil Liberties
Committee. Mr. Kester has been
cited as the motivating force.
Subsequently, he left Union
movement because he believed that it
was no longer fighting for social
justice. He now works mainly in
the college area and is deeply
involved in the Fellowship of Southern
Churchmen, a group of professors and
churchmen.
faculty
Throughout the U.S.A. , Junior
Colleges tend to have a high turn
over of faculty members at the end
of each academic year. The national
average is about 33 1/3%. MAC, in
1969-70, will see some major
administrative changes, but it is
fortunate in being able to retain
approximately four-fifths of its
present faculty. The deans and full
time instructors who have already
bontracted to remain with the College
next year are listed belovN?. Other
contracts are being negotiated and
the Cavalier will list further
appointments as they are announced.
ACADEMIC DEAN
Donald R. Mitchell--History
DEANS OF STUDENTS
Howard A. Kester--Sociology
Carole Tyler
HUMANITIES
Collett B. Dilworth--English
Robert Paul Kercher--Bible
Elizabeth Maxwell--French
Grace Mitchell--English, Spanish
Elizabeth Wilson--Bible
Jose A. Reyes--Spanish
FINE ARTS
William Lee Buelow--Music
Albert B. Lockwood--Art
Lawrence M. Skinner--Music
NATURAL SCIENCES
Alexander S. Robinson--Physics,
Mathematics
Margaret Smith--Mathematios
Karl Snyder--Biology, Anatomy
Guy H. White Jr.--Chemistry,
Geology
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Elizabeth S. Hoyt—Social Studies
Janet Dale Stone--History
H. Nelson Walden—Economics
Mary Brown Woody--Business
Education
HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Carolyn Annette Bartlett--
Physical Education
Patricia Crumpler--llygiene
(College Nurse)
Charles L. Wilson--Physical
Education
science
building
The addition of an independent
building for natural sciences and
mathematics will permit the college
cirriculum to be enriched to give
greater freedom to the faculty in
instruction, thereby allowing Montreat-
Anderson College to provide its students
with the finest instruction available
for introductory courses in natural
science and mathematics. The plant's
overall design calTs for the best-knowii
audio-visual instruction and experimental
devices.
The science building will house three
general classrooms, 1,900 square feet;
six instructional laboratories, 6,286
square feet; seven service areas for
teaching facilities, 3,318 square feet
and four faculty offices, 416 square
feet.
According to a report from the
contractors the building is approximately
one-third completed at this point and
will be completed for use in the fall
of 1969.
QOLf aX MAC
The Montreat-Anderson College golf
team will display a fine group of
freshmen golfers on the squad this
spring. Only two boys are returning
from the 1968 team. The 1969 squad
will be made up of 8 players and a
schedule of eleven matches, one of
which will be a 4-way match against
Mars Hill, King College and Tusculum
College.
Sophomores Leon Howard and Tommy
West are the returning golfers from
the 1968 Cavalier squad. Leon will be
playing number one and two during the
season.
Freshmen Ken Hauser, Richard Kenny,
Phil Zimmerman, Mark Godwin and David
Plowden have sho\m outstanding potential
and will round out the top six. Ken
Hauser will be number one man when the
Cavaliers open against Brevard on
Wednesday,. Sophomore Tom Mathewson is
the remaining member of the team.
With only a week and a half of
practice at the Black Mountain Country
Club, we feel that this year's team has
the potential of being stronger than
previous golf teams at Montreat.
Winning golf at Montreat-Anderson can
become a reality when the players,
student body, and faculty begin to
think in terms of "We cani"
The 1969 Montreat-Anderson golf
schedule is as follows:
March
26
Brevard
Away
28
Gardner-Webb
Away
April
1
Wingate
Away
10
Mars Hill
Away
14
Brevard 6e
Wingate
Home
17
Mars Hill
Home
22
Lees-MacRae
Home
28
Mitchell
Home
May
1
Lees-MacRae
Away
8
Mitchell
Away